Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Thanksgiving Placemats

After learning about the first Thanksgiving, Ella decided to make some Native American placemats for our Thanksgiving feast on Thursday. Court and I helped her trace a Native American design and some Pilgrims and Indians onto paper. She then colored and drew her own designs to decorate them. When she was done, I laminated them so that the food wouldn't ruin them.

Next, I plan to have her make name plates for everyone. She'll get some handwriting practice and have fun making more decorations for the table.

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"You make the choice. It is really, really hard sometimes to choose cheerfulness, but it is your choice. Your children will pick up on your attitude immediately and will key off of you. What attitude would you like your children to have today? If we want cheerfulness, then we need to be examples of cheerfulness."- Joanne Calderwood (full article here)